He's going to need a glass of milk right? Well, this is what happens when you give Claire a cup of yogurt...HAHAHAHAHAHA! You're gonna need a lot of napkins!
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Family Reunion
ROAD TRIP!!! Gordon's side of the family was having a family reunion in Pennsylvania and we were excited to go! We drove our van and the drive up was about 7 hours. The girls did fabulous -all thanks to Aunt Rachel and Uncle Ryan who carpooled up there with us - I got to sit back and enjoy the long ride while they got to hear "I have to go to the bathroom!" "Claire touched me!" "Aunt Rachel, I want a snack!" "Aunt Rachel, Claire dropped her paci!" ...from the backseat!! HA HA HA! Oh, and me and Gordon totally kicked their butts at the SLUG BUG game! It was a fun road trip and we arrived safely at our destination in Pennsylvania.
Day one of the reunion featured a trip to Hershey Park. This place is where chocolate comes from so I was in heaven! We toured the factory and got free samples of Hershey bars and then we had a great day in the park with all of the roller coaster rides and water rides! At Hershey Park, the rides have height catagories - Claire was a Hershey Miniature and Evelyn was a Hershey Kiss...that's how you knew what ride your kid could go on. It was pretty cute! A good portion of the morning at the park was spent on KIDDIE rides and it was fun looking for the rides for the MINI's and the KISSES!!! We were there from about 10 in the morning until about 7 at night. No naps the entire day! The girls had a blast and were tuckered out by the time we got back to our hotel room! We ate a quick dinner and then we all crashed!!!
The reunion was at a park about 25 minutes away from our hotel. On the short drive over, the girls zzzzonked in the car. They were so exhausted from the day before! HA! We had a great time visiting with cousins, aunts, uncles, and other people that we did not know! :) We had great food and games to play for the kids. There was a firestation up the street that we walked to and in their garage they had an old 1978 MACK Fire Truck. Since Gordon works for Volvo trucks and they manufacture the MACK truck, he was pretty giddy to find a MACK truck, but it was also an old fire truck. They let the kids climb inside and take pictures!
I don't think I captured this on camera, but a highlight of our trip up north was Gordon taking me to a Wegman's. Through work, Gordon has been able to travel to different places and Volvo has a plant in Penn. Up north, they have these grocery stores called Wegman's. I know it sounds silly that I was so excited to finally get my chance to have my own Wegman's experience, but it truly was worth the wait! This place is amazing! It's a glorified Harris Teeter, Costco, Candy store and Fresh Farmers Market all combined into one magnificent store! I wish we had one in North Carolina because I would move right in and live there!!! It was a treat to finally have a Wegman's experience! HA HA!
Enjoy our pictures from our visit to Pennsylvania!! 
Gordon and Jamie (aka my hottie and me!)
(above) THE GROUP! Paw Paw, Arminda, Natalie, Adam, Lindsay, Rachel, Sam, Jake, Granny, Evelyn, Melanie, Mel's friend (sorry I forgot her name!) Ty, Jamie, Claire, Ryan and of course Gordon is taking the picture! 
Round and Round it goes! When will it stop? - No body knows!
I love both my girls!
Mack Daddy Fire Truck!
Gordon and Jamie (aka my hottie and me!)(above) THE GROUP! Paw Paw, Arminda, Natalie, Adam, Lindsay, Rachel, Sam, Jake, Granny, Evelyn, Melanie, Mel's friend (sorry I forgot her name!) Ty, Jamie, Claire, Ryan and of course Gordon is taking the picture! 
Round and Round it goes! When will it stop? - No body knows!I love both my girls!Mack Daddy Fire Truck!
Summer Recap - Part Two
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Step right up! Get your faces painted here!!!
She got a pink unicorn with sparkles...happy camper!---
Spencer, NC Train Station
"Tickets Please!!!"
We went to the train station in Spencer with our friends - the foxy Foxes -and the kids had a blast! They thought it was cool to have their tickets punched by the conductor and they really loved finding all the different train cars, especially the caboose! What a fun day! Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Summer Recap - Part One
This is Claire. If you have met Claire you know that she is a wreckless toddler who spends her entire day finding ways to have fun, make messes, drive mommy crazy and get away with beating up her big sister! She is always on the go and will never hold still long enough for me to get a decent picture out of her! This will have to do for now!!!
We just love our Claire Bear - and ALL of her spunky personality and craziness!!
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A fun filled afternoon of filling a large hole in our front yard. No animals or children were injured in the process!! :) Did I mention this hole happened twice?!! Yes, we filled it twice. Thank you city people for coming to our aid!!
---Good food and family!
Andy (Gordon's big brother) served his mission in Italy and he learned to cook Italian food - THE BEST homemade Italian food EVER! So we hired him for the night!! Chef Andy and his family came over for a fun filled night of games and food! We had the kitchen and ingredients ready and the Master Chef went to work on his creation! It was good and I am fat now!
Deborah made these tastey treats for our dessert! YUM!----
When it's too hot to play outside - we play dress up with mom's makeup!
--- We have had an awesome summer! We love being together as a family and doing things with friends! We don't want to miss a beat with our kids and we are always saying how fast the time is flying and it's SO true...they are growing up right before our eyes! Loving this time together!!
Monday, August 2, 2010
Lost and gone forever...
There is no creative or happy or nice way of saying this so I'll just say it like it is - I lost my wedding ring - the diamond one - the engagment ring. It's gone and lost forever at the bottom of a lake in Colorado.
Am I devestated? Am I crushed beyond all measure? Am I saddened to the point of crying so much there are no more tears in my eyeballs? Yes.
I have learned some valuable lessons in the last week:
1. These material things can be replaced. Family and the people that matter MOST to me cannot.
2. The ring was a token, a symbol of my husbands love for me and I know it is just that. A material thing that I wore on my finger. Though beautiful and very expensive, the meaning and true symbol of the ring still exists - our love. I know that just because the ring is absent, his love for me isn't and HE is my constant reminder of that now!!
3. How tender and forgiving my husband is. I know he wiped out his savings (a couple of times) for me to have that beautiful of a ring and I know it hurt him when I told him it was gone. But he wasn't mad, or even upset at me for being careless and losing it. Instead he has been very tender to my feelings. Making sure that I am happy and trying his hardest to put a positive twist on the situation- like "won't it be fun to go ring shopping again?". He's the best and I am a lucky girl to have his love!!
There might come a day when it can be replaced, but until then, I will often think of what is lying on the bottom of a lake for someone to find and call their own precious.
Am I devestated? Am I crushed beyond all measure? Am I saddened to the point of crying so much there are no more tears in my eyeballs? Yes.
I have learned some valuable lessons in the last week:
1. These material things can be replaced. Family and the people that matter MOST to me cannot.
2. The ring was a token, a symbol of my husbands love for me and I know it is just that. A material thing that I wore on my finger. Though beautiful and very expensive, the meaning and true symbol of the ring still exists - our love. I know that just because the ring is absent, his love for me isn't and HE is my constant reminder of that now!!
3. How tender and forgiving my husband is. I know he wiped out his savings (a couple of times) for me to have that beautiful of a ring and I know it hurt him when I told him it was gone. But he wasn't mad, or even upset at me for being careless and losing it. Instead he has been very tender to my feelings. Making sure that I am happy and trying his hardest to put a positive twist on the situation- like "won't it be fun to go ring shopping again?". He's the best and I am a lucky girl to have his love!!
There might come a day when it can be replaced, but until then, I will often think of what is lying on the bottom of a lake for someone to find and call their own precious.
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